Aha! was flat facts

[Avery Todd]

The grands aren't too bad with a lot of good prep work, but those verticals
put the Baldwin tight pin syndrome to shame! :-) But Mark is a nice guy and
will definitely work with you on any kind of real problem you might have!
I really appreciate that.

Avery

At 03:55 PM 3/27/05, you wrote:
>I feel ya on that, Avery - the shop I work for now carries the new Pearl
>Rivers.
>Bain. Of. My. Existence.
>-ilex
>
>}-----Original Message-----
>}From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
>}Behalf Of Avery Todd
>}Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 3:29 PM
>}To: Pianotech
>}Subject: Re: Aha! was flat facts
>}
>}
>}IMHO, there is no way on God's green earth that the tuning pins I "tried"
>}to turn
>}on 4 Pearl River verticals a couple of weeks ago are going to be turned
>}backwards
>}with the mere tension on the wire compared to the tension inside
>}the block!
>}No way! :-)
>}I hurt and was wishing for an impact hammer when I got through!
>}
>}Avery
>}
>}
>}>>I still go with turning pins, though. There is a natural,
>}sustained tension
>}>>on the pin from the string that would love to turn the thing
>}>>counter-clockwise. Earth tremors, children thudding across the
>}floor, sonic
>}>>booms, moving the piano, and hovering ufo's would all put
>}vibration into the
>}>>system, however briefly, and the pin could jiggle just a a third
>}of a skinny
>}>>hair each time. But over the years ...
>}>
>}>Is that a guess, a supposition, or an opinion? Just asking, since
>}the same
>}>rules ought to apply to us all.
>}>Ron N
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